Politics

ABC News The Republican-led House is set to vote Thursday on a bill to make the Gulf of Mexico’s name change to Gulf of America permanent. The legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, codifies an executive order from President Donald Trump to rename the body of water. Its fate in […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois has announced his bid to run for Senate in 2026, confirming speculations that he would join the quickly expanding field of primary competitors looking to win the safe Democratic seat left open by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who is retiring at […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an “unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy.” The court did not explain […]

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Tuesday that the United States would stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, insisting that the rebel group had agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships in the Red Sea. “They’ve announced to us at least that they don’t want to fight […]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s plan to promote acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin, who has repeatedly defended Jan. 6 rioters, to the permanent position appears to face an uphill battle after a key Senate Republican said Tuesday he would not support the nomination. Sen. Thom Tillis of […]

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney/ Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting on Tuesday at the White House for high-stakes talks amid a tariff trade war between the two neighbors and allies. The two leaders greeted each other outside the White House and shook hands before heading […]

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney/ Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney meet on Tuesday at the White House for a high-stakes, and possibly tense, meeting amid a tariff trade war between the two neighbors and allies. The two leaders will greet each other at 11:30 […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has made dozens of cuts that some teachers say could impact their profession in a “huge way,” according to educators in terminated programs who spoke with ABC News. Before Teacher Appreciation Day, which is celebrated on Tuesday as part of Teacher Appreciation Week, the administration has slashed […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump, a little more than 100 days after taking the oath of office, questioned whether he had a duty to uphold the Constitution and the Fifth Amendment right to due process as he expressed frustration on judicial pushback to his mass deportation effort. During a wide-ranging interview with […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — An AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope is drawing criticism from some Catholics after it was posted on social media just days before the papal conclave to select the next pontiff begins in Rome. The image, which was shared on Trump’s social media and the official […]